Girl hit in arm by lugnut during violent crash

8:19 PM,
Feb. 24, 2013

Caroline Morris, 16, is treated at Daytona International Speedway after being struck by debris from a crash Saturday.

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Waynesville teenager Caroline Morris is returning home from Florida on Monday with a painful reminder of a weekend spent at Daytona International Speedway, but it won't dampen her enthusiasm for NASCAR racing.

Morris, a 16-year-old student at Haywood Christian Academy, was hit in the arm by a flying lugnut from a race car that disintegrated in a crash Saturday during a preliminary race to the Daytona 500. She was among 28 people who were injured when Kyle Larson's car went airborne, hitting a fence and spraying debris into the grandstands.